François Bernard, Sternberg Esther M, Fee Elizabeth
Former Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, 13 Ave. Debrousse, 69005 Lyon, France.
J Hist Med Allied Sci. 2014 Jan;69(1):135-62. doi: 10.1093/jhmas/jrs041. Epub 2012 Jul 27.
This article examines the cures recorded in Lourdes, France, between 1858, the year of the Visions, and 1976, the date of the last certified cure of the twentieth century. Initially, the records of cures were crude or nonexistent, and allegations of cures were accepted without question. A Medical Bureau was established in 1883 to examine and certify the cures, and the medical methodology improved steadily in the subsequent years. We discuss the clinical criteria of the cures and the reliability of medical records. Some 1,200 cures were said to have been observed between 1858 and 1889, and about one hundred more each year during the "Golden Age" of Lourdes, 1890-1914. We studied 411 patients cured in 1909-14 and thoroughly reviewed the twenty-five cures acknowledged between 1947 and 1976. No cure has been certified from 1976 through 2006. The Lourdes phenomenon, extraordinary in many respects, still awaits scientific explanation. Lourdes concerns science as well as religion.
本文考察了法国卢尔德自1858年（显圣之年）至1976年（20世纪最后一例经认证治愈的日期）期间记录的治愈案例。起初，治愈记录简陋或根本不存在，对治愈的宣称也被毫无质疑地接受。1883年设立了一个医学局来检查和认证治愈案例，在随后的几年里医学方法稳步改进。我们讨论了治愈的临床标准以及医疗记录的可靠性。据说在1858年至1889年期间观察到约1200例治愈案例，在卢尔德的“黄金时代”（1890年至1914年）每年约有100多例。我们研究了1909年至1914年治愈的411名患者，并全面回顾了1947年至1976年期间认可的25例治愈案例。1976年至2006年期间没有治愈案例得到认证。卢尔德现象在许多方面都很奇特，仍有待科学解释。卢尔德既关乎科学也关乎宗教。
